Steel tie.



" A further object of the invention is to MTEI) srn'rns PTENT nron.

JAMES H. GIDEON, OE'CAVOUR, SOUTH DAKOTA.

srnnn TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed June 30, 1915. Serial No. 37,302.

- To -all whom it may concern:

Cavour, in the Be'it known that I, JAMns. H.'.GIDE0N, a citizen of the 'United States, residing at county of Beadle, State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steel Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to metallic railway ties, and has for its object to provide a tie of this nature which is hollow throughout its length.

provide a hollowrailway tie of this type so constructed that snow and dirt will be pre vented from entering the interior of the tie.

i to provide a novel means A still further object of the invention is for securing the rails to the tie.

With these and other objects in view this i invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated .in the accompanying drawing, in which z- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tie. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional I view through the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view. Flg. 4-. 1s a sectlonal view on l1ne 4-4 of F i 1. fieferring to the drawing 1 indicates the tie, which is formed from sheet metal, and is hollow throughout its length, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

Fixed to one side of the tie is a plate 2 which has its outer end formed with sleeves 3, said sleevesbeing spaced apart so that the sleeve 4 carried by the closure plate 5 may engage therebetween. The sleeves 3 and 4, when in registry are adapted to receive the pintle bo t 6, whereby the closure plate is hinged to the, plate 2.

and exact description of .the life of the same,

The tie has its top provided with thread- 7 ed openings 8 which are engaged by. the bolts 9, said bolts being passed through the clamping jaws 10. The clampin jaws 10 have their inner ends engaged wit the base flanges of the rails 11, thereby firmly holding the rails in place upon the tie.

It is a well known fact that dirt and snow enter the usual hollow metallic tie, which tends to rust the tie, thus shortening whereas a tie equipped with the closure plates herein described will exclude dirt and snow, and as well rain water.

What is claimed is:

In combination with a tie having open ends, a plate connected to one of t e sides of the .tie at each end thereof and having a. portion thereof bent around the end of the tie and provided with vertically spaced bearing sleeves, a

hollow railway closure plate for each end of the tie having one of its vertical edges provided with a bearing sleeve adapted to aline with the first mentioned sleeves, a pintle engaging in said sleeves for hingedly connecting said closure plate to the first named plate, and

JAMESH. GIDEON. Witnesses:

FRED GELLERMAN, Joan F. Scrrurz. 

